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Remember the photos of the Palestinian boy who was caught with his father in a fire-zone and the boy was killed? He crouched on his father's back against a wall. I could never understand why the father didn't turn, drag the child along the wall to him, and lay on the boy. Sure, he might have been shot instead, but what human parent wouldn't prefer that?

It wasn't about the dad. Look at his face in the pictures. He wasn't into jihad at the moment, certainly not involving his son. He was human.

It's a resplendent example of the dehumanising aspect of Islamic terror.

The boy, the dad, both victims in that act of pali terror.

What he feels today, I don't know, probably don't want to.

We face a determined enemy, willing to sacrifice their children, their future. I'd like to think there's a spark of hope in the dad's face, but I wouldn't risk American lives for it.

How To Incite Children," By The P.A.
Palestinian Media Watch has compiled substantial evidence showing that the Palestinian Authority has been encouraging Palestinian children to seek death as "Martyrs." Examples include a drawing depicting a dead child Martyr in a 7th-grade PA schoolbook, alongside the following poem glorifying Martyrdom:
“I shall carry my soul in my palm /
And toss it into the abyss of destruction.../
By your life! I see my death, /
but I hasten my steps towards it.../
Hearing [weapons’] clash is pleasant to my ear /
And the flow of blood gladdens my soul… /
By your life! This is the death of Men /
And who asks for a noble death - here it is…”
This poem appears in three other schoolbooks, and has been recited by heart by children on PA television. In addition, schoolbooks induce children not to fear dying by teaching that death is predetermined and that Martyrdom is better than any other death: “The Moslem sacrifices himself for his belief and wages Jihad [Holy War] for Allah. He is not swayed, for he knows that the date of his death has been predetermined and that his death as a Martyr on the field of battle is preferable to death in his bed…”
Yet another example is a film clip of a wholesome Palestinian boy bidding goodbye to his parents as, unbeknownst to them, he plans eagerly to become a Martyr that very day. The clip, portraying him bicycling to school and the like, was shown on PA television nearly every day last year, sometimes thrice a day.